BikeFlights is just a re-seller of shipping services. They made an agreement with shippers because bikes may be over-size, but they are usually pretty light. With BikeFlights, it's like you pay for the weight of the bike and not the over-size fees that you would pay if you went to Fed-Ex directly.
Anyone can buy a shipping label through their website, it doesn't have to be a shop. If the shop that packs the bike has a Fed-Ex account, then they can arrange pickup as normal. Also, the package doesn't have to be a bike. I always check BikeFlights whenever I'm shipping a package larger than a Priority Mail flat rate box. On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 12:31 AM Tim Butterfield <timbutterfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks. Does it make a difference whether or not the shop is listed on > BikeFlights? > > Tim > > On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 8:24 PM Rivcyclist <tklawn...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> I highly recommend Aaron's Bicycles in White Center, these guys used to >> sell Rivendells and you'll love checking out their awesome shop in the >> process. >> >> >> On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 12:27:20 PM UTC-7, Tim Butterfield wrote: >>> >>> Just to clarify ... I am not asking for a guarantee of future >>> performance. That's impossible to predict. I'm just wondering about >>> good/bad experiences you may have already had. I have received one >>> positive experience with Counter Balance, though with UPS shipping instead >>> of BikeFlights. I'm not sure how that affects things. Any other points of >>> reference? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 3:46 PM Tim Butterfield <timbutt...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> In case my Atlantis needs to be shipped, I might need to find a bike >>>> shop that can be trusted to correctly and safely pack it for BikeFlights. >>>> I do not trust my local shop to do it, but am willing to take it anywhere >>>> between Bellingham and Seattle to find the most trustworthy shop to do it. >>>> >>>> For those who have already been through this process, what Seattle area >>>> shop would you most trust to be able to do it right? >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> Tim >>>> >>> -- > Sent from my IDevice > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
